Readers’ Advisory is one of the most delightful parts of being a public librarian. My challenge this year has been to read various types of fiction. It’s time to share a few of my favorites. Disclaimer – These are my categories for the book but some could certainly fall into other types of fiction.

ADVENTURE
Force of Nature. Box
Hatchet. Paulsen

CHRISTIAN
Forbidden.  Dekker
The Shack: a novel. Young

DYSTOPIAN
The Hunger Games. Collins
Divergent.  Roth

FANTASY
Game of Thrones.  Martin
The Name of the Wind. Rothfuss

HISTORICAL
Pompeii: a novel. Harris
The Ballad of Tom Dooley: a ballad novel.  McCrumb

HORROR
Heart-shaped Box. Hill
The Ruins: a novel. Smith

HUMOR
Lean Mean Thirteen. Evanovich
Harris and Me. Paulsen

LITERARY
Memoirs of a Geisha: a novel. Golden
The Snow Child: a novel. Ivey

MYSTERY & RECIPIES
Goldy Schulz Series by Diane Mott Davidson
Hannah Swensen Series by Joanne  Fluke

REALISTIC
Hate List. Brown
Defending Jacob: a novel. Landay

ROMANCE
Pride and Prejudice. Austen
Redeeming Love. Rivers

SCIENCE FICTION
Embassytown.  Miéville
Old man's war. Scalzi